MONTREAL – Gustav Nyquist scored on a rebound with 28 seconds left in overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens in the first post-Olympic game for both teams Wednesday night.

Montreal had goalie Peter Budaj pulled for an extra attacker when captain Brian Gionta scored with 29 seconds left in regulation to force overtime.

A team coached by Detroit's Mike Babcock, who led Canada to the gold medal, had not allowed a goal since Lauris Darzins got one at 15:41 of the first period of Canada's 2-1 win over Latvia in the quarterfinals in Sochi.

Todd Bertuzzi scored in the first period for Detroit.

The Bell Centre crowd booed as the Canadiens tested the Red Wings' Jimmy Howard only twice in the second period. Detroit had a 30-20 shot advantage overall. But the fans were on their feet as Gionta collected a puck at the side of the net in a scramble and backhanded the tying goal into a top corner.

Two players who used the Olympic break to heal from injuries combined for the opening goal as Johan Franzen, back from a concussion, fed Bertuzzi at the edge of the crease for a power-play goal 14:01 into the game. Bertuzzi had missed eight games with an upper-body problem.

The goal came after P.K. Subban was called for roughing.

Budaj had been slated to start in goal for Montreal even before Canadian Olympian Carey Price injured his left leg during the team's game-day skate. He is expected to start again when Montreal visits Pittsburgh on Thursday night.

SABRES 5, BRUINS 4, OT

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Matt D'Agostini outraced Zdeno Chara to a loose puck and scored 22 seconds into overtime, lifting the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-4 win over the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night.

Matt Moulson forced overtime by scoring with 53 seconds left in regulation in a game the Sabres won after squandering a 3-1 second-period lead. Brian Flynn had a goal and assist, while Tyler Myers and Zemgus Girgensons also scored for Buffalo.

Coming off a 3-2 win over Carolina on Tuesday, the Sabres (17-34-8) won consecutive games for only the third time this season, and first since Dec. 17-19.

Chara, Milan Lucic, Brad Marchand and Chris Kelly scored for the Atlantic Division-leading Bruins (37-16-5), in their first game after the NHL's two-week Olympic break.

D'Agostini scored after the Bruins turned the puck over in the Sabres' zone with an errant pass. Racing through the middle, D'Agostini beat Chara to the puck inside the Boston blue line. He then had enough time to shift the puck from his forehand to his backhand, and slip the puck in past Chad Johnson.

The Sabres didn't let down after Lucic scored a power-play goal with 10:17 remaining in the third to give the Bruins a 4-3 lead.

KINGS 6, AVALANCHE 4

DENVER – Anze Kopitar had two goals, including the decisive score in the third period, and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 on Wednesday night.

Kopitar's second goal of the night and 19th of the season put the Kings, who trailed by two goals midway through the second period, back in front.

The Kings were on the power play when Jeff Carter, in the middle of a scramble in front of the net, swung at a loose puck, sending it straight up in the air. When the puck hit the ice, Kopitar got his stick on it and sent it into the net past goalie Jean-Sebastian Giguere at 3:13 of the third period.

Justin Williams added an empty-net goal with 11 seconds left to round out the scoring as both teams returned to action after the Olympic break.